# hexagonal
## English
### Etymology

From hexagon +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛkˈsæɡənəl/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Adjective

hexagonal (not comparable)
* (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal.
* (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

#### Synonyms

* sexagonal

#### Coordinate terms

* triclinic
* monoclinic
* orthorhombic
* rhombohedral
* tetragonal
* cubic

#### Derived terms

* hexagonal chess
* hexagonal number
* hexagonal prism
* hexagonal water
* nonhexagonal

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

From hexàgon +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əɡ.zə.ɣuˈnal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əɡ.zə.ɣoˈnal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɡ.za.ɣoˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonals)
* hexagonal
    escacs hexagonalshexagonal chess

### Further reading

* “hexagonal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛɡ.za.ɡɔ.nal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

hexagonal (feminine hexagonale, masculine plural hexagonaux, feminine plural hexagonales)
* hexagonal
    échecs hexagonauxhexagonal chess
* French; specifically, related to the French mainland (l'Hexagone)

#### Related terms

* hexagone
* Hexagone (France)

### Further reading

* “hexagonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [heksaˈɣonal]

### Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)
* hexagonal

### Further reading

* “hexagonal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

hexagonal (strong nominative masculine singular hexagonaler, not comparable)
* hexagonal
    Synonym: sechseckig

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “hexagonal” in Duden online
* “hexagonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ek.sa.ɡoˈnaw/ [ek.sa.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /e.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [e.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯], /eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaw/ [eɡ.za.ɡoˈnaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈnal/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈnaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɛ.zɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.zɐ.ɣuˈna.li], /ɛ.ɡzɐ.ɡuˈna.li/ [ɛ.ɣzɐ.ɣuˈna.li]

### Adjective

hexagonal m or f (plural hexagonais)
* (geometry) hexagonal (having six edges)

#### Related terms

* hexágono

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French hexagonal. By surface analysis, hexagon +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌhek.sa.ɡoˈnal/

### Adjective

hexagonal m or n (feminine singular hexagonală, masculine plural hexagonali, feminine and neuter plural hexagonale)
* hexagonal
    șah hexagonalhexagonal chess

#### Derived terms

* sistem hexagonal

### Further reading

* hexagonal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡsaɡoˈnal/ [eɣ̞.sa.ɣ̞oˈnal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: he‧xa‧go‧nal

### Adjective

hexagonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural hexagonales)
* hexagonal

#### Related terms

* hexágono

### Further reading

* “hexagonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

hexagonal (not (comparable))
* hexagonal
    Synonym: sexhörnig

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Related terms

* hexagon

### References

* hexagonal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)